Long-term care is the care people need when they can no longer live independently. It isn't a subject that most of us care to dwell on.

However, the failure to discuss or plan for care causes American families to be unprepared to meet the high costs of long-term care services.  This section addresses what long-term care is, where it is provided, the costs of long-term care, and who pays for it.

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